First Caterer Tasting | 12k Wedding Blog

We had our first tasting on Friday night at the Museum of African American History where our reception will be held.

First of all, shame on me for not taking a picture of the food before we ate. I was extra hungry and the picture was obviously the last thing on my mind.

Here’s what we had:

Garden Salad Served with Italian Dressing
Baked Chicken with Tomato and Basil Sauce
Beef Tips with Parslied Rice
Garlic and Chive Mashed Potatoes
String Beans with Red Pepper Butter
Rolls with Butter

Overall, I’d call it a 7. Not outstanding, but better than most wedding food I’ve tasted.

The salad was decent because it was mixed greens and not just iceberg lettuce. The chicken wasn’t dry. The rice, mashed potatoes and string beans were actually really good. The beef tips were a little tough though. And the rolls weren’t good at all. They tasted cold, and bland like they were straight off the Sysco truck.

So that’s the food. Now, let’s talk about organization for a minute. Our tasting was originally supposed to be at 6:30. I emailed to confirm, but never heard back from them. So I called and they said, “Oh, we need to make it 7.” So on Friday, we showed up at 7pm starving with our stomachs touching our spines. We didn’t start eating until 7:30. Not cool.

And although I’ve had issues with their communication and organization the entire time I’ve been working with them, they are actually better than both of the other caterer contenders. Again – not cool.

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4 Comments so far

That sounds like the lesser of the evils! Even if the food is good, do you know if they’ll be able to make it to your reception on time?

I dont want to bang on Detroit, but I am having these same problems with my vendors…unreturned emails/voicemails, tardiness, lack of organization…The whole point in planning my wedding in the heart of Detroit was to bring revenue to the city and show our OOT guests that all the negative media attention is one-sided. Instead, Im developing a bad taste in my mouth concerning doing business in the city for future events…

I had this same experience with two different caterers, and I live in Virginia. It’s not just Detroit, ladies… the whole industry is wack! Maybe it’s just dealing with “artists.” They are too creative to be organized.

Oh Hon, I feel your pain!!! I’ve been going through much the same frustrations, only add being VEGAN to the mix, w/the narrowed list of available caterers, & you can feel like you’re in a whole other universe of incompetence!! I will say though (& I have yet to blog about it…www.veganbride.com) there IS a God!! I found a RIDICULOUSLY GOOD caterer…E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G we tried at the tasting, & I mean EVERYTHING from the home-made rosemary rolls, to the soup, to the darn mango sorbet we weren’t even expecting, was the BEST WE’D EVER TASTED!! EVERYTHING!! We couldn’t believe it!! Awful, bland wedding food, bye bye…and since the food at our wedding is almost the main event in front of the BRIDE (I know my boundaries:):) this was extra important & now I feel as though I can actually sleep! Maybe I need to hook you up (are you in Detroit, hmmm), or maybe you should tell them you’re vegan so that they’ll have to step outside their comfort zone & come up w/something EXTRA dazzling!! It absolutely worked for me…however before this recent tasting, I was practically ready to jump ship!! Candy

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